Was in Wynnum on the weekend visiting Dad, so we treated ourselves to Spotless Crakes, which neither of us had seen for 20+ years, and Baillon's Crakes at the Sandy Camp Rd wetlands in Lindum following recent reports on Eremaea .://..eremaea.com/BirdlineRecentSi ... Birdline=7
Had excellent views, particularly of the Spotless, and kicking myself for not taking the camera! If you haven't seen/photographed these species then do yourself a favour and check out the swamp behind the viewing platform.
No luck with the Australian Little Bittern that has been seen there recently though.
List for first day of Spring was:
Australasian Grebe 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Little Black Cormorant 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Little Pied Cormorant 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Australasian Darter 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Eastern Great Egret 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
White-faced Heron 01/09/13 Wynnum Mick Atzeni
Australian White Ibis 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Wandering Whistling-Duck 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Australian Wood Duck 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Grey Teal 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Pacific Black Duck 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Hardhead 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Buff-banded Rail 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Baillon's Crake 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Spotless Crake 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Purple Swamphen 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Dusky Moorhen 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Eurasian Coot 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Comb-crested Jacana 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Black-winged Stilt 01/09/13 Wynnum Mick Atzeni
Black-tailed Godwit 01/09/13 Wynnum Mick Atzeni
Bar-tailed Godwit 01/09/13 Wynnum Mick Atzeni
Eastern Curlew 01/09/13 Wynnum Mick Atzeni
Silver Gull 01/09/13 Wynnum Mick Atzeni
Gull-billed Tern 01/09/13 Wynnum Mick Atzeni
Little Corella 01/09/13 Wynnum Mick Atzeni
Rainbow Bee-eater 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Tree Martin 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike 01/09/13 Wynnum Mick Atzeni
Australian Reed-Warbler 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Willie Wagtail 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Leaden Flycatcher 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Grey Shrike-thrush 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Variegated Fairy-wren 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Mistletoebird 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Brown Honeyeater 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Striped Honeyeater 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
Noisy Miner 01/09/13 Wynnum Mick Atzeni
Magpie-lark 01/09/13 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, Lindum Laurie & Mick Atzeni
White-breasted Woodswallow 01/09/13 Tingalpa Mick Atzeni
Fathers' Day Crakes
Sightings anywhere within a 250 km radius of Toowoomba, but excluding the local survey area (see above), for the period 1 Sep 2013 - 30 Nov 2013.
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Fathers' Day Crakes
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Michael Atzeni
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